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Good question Jan.
Well, I wouldn't have used a Council Officer in the first place because they always either frighten a person in to doing what they want, or put your back up so much that you just tell them to "do one" !
Cosy chats, negotiation and instead of taking them to court, use the money for legal fees to offer an incentive to get the work done.
I have more to this than is appropriate to discuss here, however although I do not respect the process (that we know about!) employed, the ultimate sanction is to take the legislation to its natural end, it has to go to Court.
I may be wrong, but experience suggest that anything like this to do with government process is costly, time consuming and pisses most people off (on both sides). This,especially when there are issues with the Council properties, or big business properties.